Chapter 28 Heartbeats Twenty-eight "Good Boy"
Wen Huai looked into his eyes and felt inexplicably at peace.
Nodded.
...
At the dining table, Wen Huai and Xu Youjing sat side by side on one side, opposite Xi Guan and Nan Di.
Xi Guan prepared an extra bowl of condiments and asked who wanted some. Neither Nandi nor Xu Youjing wanted any, so he looked at Wen Huai and was about to ask her, but Xu Youjing stopped him.
He said, "Your sister-in-law doesn't eat coriander."
Xi Guan could only stay by himself: "Okay."
Wen Huai's eyelashes twitched.
The aroma of boiling hot pot base filled the air, and beef and meatballs appeared. They all started eating, but Wen Huai was a little slow.
The word "your sister-in-law" was said too naturally. She knew that it was a simple name in front of outsiders, but she still couldn't help but be distracted when she heard it.
But what surprised her even more was that Xu Youjing really understood her taste.
Based on the two meals they had eaten together, he had almost mastered it all.
Not only did he take care of her in every way, but he also had such sharp insights.
If he was this gentle and considerate to her, he must be a thousand times more gentle and considerate to the person he likes.
pity.
She was very satisfied with this.
But she seemed to have done nothing for Xu Youjing.
So, Wen Huai, considering that they were there, bravely put the first piece of beef he picked up into Xu Youjing's bowl.
Unexpectedly, their wrists met in the air.
He also picked up the first chopstick of beef and gave it to her.
There were also beef balls and vegetables.
He remembered her habit of picking up vegetables with her first chopsticks.
Xu Youjing was obviously stunned, then lowered his eyes and put all of them in her empty bowl: "Eat them with confidence, I haven't used them before."
"Thanks."
Unwilling to withdraw her hand like this, she reached out and put her hand into his bowl. Facing his slightly surprised gaze, she said, "Don't worry about eating it. I haven't used it either."
Wen Huai was secretly delighted with her own boldness, but the next second, she heard Xu Youjing say calmly:
“It doesn’t matter if you’ve used it.”
My hands were shaking and I almost couldn't hold the chopsticks.
Fortunately, the two people opposite seemed to be extremely hungry and were busy eating, so no one noticed her.
He breathed a sigh of relief, and as he ate the fatty beef, the corners of his lips raised uncontrollably.
Very delicious.
After swallowing a few chopsticks of meat, Xi Guan's hunger finally subsided. He took a moment to chat, "Brother Jing, why don't you put up your wedding photos at home? There aren't any photos at all. It doesn't look like you were just married at all."
Wen Huai slowed down his chewing and heard Xu Youjing say, "Don't even hang it here."
Xi Guan: "Then where are you going to hang it? In the bedroom so you can see it yourself?"
"What?" Xu Youjing glanced at him, "Do you have any objections?"
"Hey, no, no. You can hang your wedding photos wherever you want." Xi Guan took out two beef balls from the hot pot and continued, "I went to Brother Chi's house a few days ago, and there were no wedding photos. So I asked, and guess what happened."
Wen Huai saw Xi Guan answering his own question: "Brother Chi and his family didn't even take wedding photos! Naturally, they have nothing to display. You're much better off than them."
“…”
“…”
A moment of distraction, the spicy smell rushed into Wen Huai's nose.
A piece of paper was handed to her, and she took it without even saying thank you.
“Ahem!”
My back felt heavy, and then Xu Youjing's concerned words fell into my ears.
"Are you feeling better?"
After the most intense moment passed, Wen Huai wanted to respond, but her throat was dry, so she opened her lips and closed them again. The spicy drink cleared her blocked nose, and the tears from her eyes were still wet.
She waved her hand to indicate that she was fine. Xu Youjing brought another glass of water, and Wen Huai took it and drank it.
"How about it?"
"Much better."
Xu Youjing withdrew his hand, took out another piece of paper and gave it to her, his eyes falling on the slightly swollen corners of her lips.
He looked away, "There's water."
"Thanks."
After doing all this, Xu Youjing got up and left. When he came back, he had a bottle of iced drink in his hand.
He unscrewed it and poured it into Wen Huai's cup, "It will relieve your pain if you hold it in your mouth."
Wen Huai nodded, "Thank you."
Xi Guan, who witnessed everything, asked: "Brother Jing, where are ours?"
Xu Youjing glanced at him and said, "You can't get it yourself."
Xi Guan: “…”
That's not how you treated your sister-in-law just now.
He made small talk: "Sister-in-law can't eat spicy food?"
Before Wen Huai could open her mouth, Xu Youjing answered for her: "Yes."
She looked at him.
Nandi and Xi Guan on the opposite side were also surprised.
They grew up with Xu Youjing, so they naturally understood Xu Youjing's temper and personality.
He was too lazy to say a word. When had I ever seen him take care of someone so attentively, not to mention understanding the other person's preferences?
It's only been a short time since she got married to Wen Huai, but she's already so concerned about him. She must be really interested in him.
The two people who were inexplicably fed dog food started eating silently.
Wen Huai's discomfort finally eased, and he thought of the previous topic and asked, "Who is Brother Chi?"
Xi Guan opened his mouth, but Xu Youjing had already spoken: "Gu Kuangchi. He got the marriage certificate a few months later than us."
Wen Huai was a little surprised: "He's actually married?"
Thinking of the past, he curled his lips: "I was the same as you when I knew it."
The two people opposite each other looked at each other, confusion in their eyes.
Nandi asked, "What do you mean? We don't understand what you two are saying. Does sister-in-law really know Brother Chi?"
Xu Youjing: "I also know Qiao Mian and Lao Xie."
Hearing him say that name, Wen Huai stumbled for a moment, then explained: "When Senior Gu was in high school, he received a love letter and was caught by the dean. Since he couldn't find who wrote it, he was asked to write a self-criticism and read it aloud in front of the entire school during the flag-raising ceremony."
Xi Guan: "And then?"
Xu Youjing added: "He wrote at the end that he doesn't like girls and will never get married in the future, otherwise he will be hit by a car and die. He is still single now."
Xi Guan and Nandi looked at each other again in silence.
Wen Huai noticed something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Brother Jing was not in the country at the time and didn't know." Xi Guan felt terrified when he thought about it. "Brother Chi got into a car accident the day after he got the marriage certificate."
Xu Youjing and Wen Huai: "..."
"Because I didn't suffer any serious injuries, I was discharged from the hospital after just two days, so I didn't tell you."
Nandi thought of something and asked Wen Huai, "You call Chi Ge senior? Aren't you from the same class as them?"
"No, I was in junior high school at the time, and my dad was their high school teacher. He often went to their office to do homework, and that's what I heard."
Nandi: "I didn't expect you were younger than us. How many years younger are you than Brother Jing?"
"Two junior classes."
He was very excited: "In that case, you went to Beijing Affiliated High School, and were directly admitted from junior high school, right? Then do you recognize——"
Xi Guan interrupted: "Hey, are you checking the household registration?"
Xu Youjing also noticed that Nandi was a little short of breath, and her voice was a little lower: "I'm just asking, I have a friend's sister-in-law who might know her. She also went to North City Affiliated High School in junior high and high school."
Xi Guan exposed him: "Come on, there are many friends of yours that I don't know. Why don't you ask me?"
Nandy was speechless for a moment and had no words to express his grievances.
But this expression had another meaning in Xu Youjing's eyes.
Sensing the sharp gaze, Nandy steeled himself and stood up, slamming the table.
"Brother Jing, do you have any wine?"
“…”
After a few beers, Nandy's face turned rosy.
He looked at Wen Huai and stammered, "Sister-in-law, to be honest, few people know about this except those around me. I told you not to tell anyone else. My first love was in the same class as you, and after we broke up, she blocked all my contact information. So I wanted to ask you, do you know her? If you do, can you tell me how she's been doing recently?"
Wen Huai naturally had no objection: "Tell me, let me see if I recognize him."
"Okay, then I told you, my first love was...hiccup——"
"Oh my god! Nandi, what did you eat? Your mouth stinks!" Xi Guan yelled. "I can't stand the smell of alcohol! Why are you hitting me?!"
Nandy: "You can drink it too."
He turned to the two people opposite him and said, "Ajing, sister-in-law, please drink with me. Don't drink alone."
Xi Guan knew what kind of person he was and dodged his hand. "Sister-in-law, you don't know, he and his ex-girlfriend were on and off, and it was she who initiated the breakup. He was fine before, but recently he knew she was back in North City, and his heart started to fester again. When he couldn't contact her, he started drinking all day. Sister-in-law, please don't be offended."
"fine."
Although Wen Huai had never been in a relationship, she knew what it felt like to be heartbroken. Nandi's expression was so pitiful that she had no choice but to take a can of beer, but before she could even open it, Xu Youjing took it away.
She thought he wouldn't let her drink it, but the next second, she saw him pull the ring open and pour it into her cup.
Although only a little bit.
The rest was poured into his cup.
Xu Youjing was still thinking about what happened last time, so he said to her, "Just give it as a token of your appreciation."
She nodded. "Okay."
Nandi was drunk drinking alone, and now when he saw Wen Huai also picked up the wine glass, he raised his hand to touch it, "Sister-in-law, cheers!"
"cheers."
Xu Youjing poured too little, and Wen Huai only wet his lips.
She looked helplessly at the person next to her, and before she could say anything, she saw him pick up his glass, put the rim of the glass against hers, and the wine slowly flowed from his palm into hers.
The slightly heavy weight also caused the weight in her palm to tilt.
She felt that she had to correct her image in front of Xu Youjing.
"Actually, I can drink quite well."
Xu Youjing raised an eyebrow and was about to speak when she said with a guilty tone, "It's just that I lose my memory when I drink too much."
He was very patient, "A few cups is plenty."
Wen Huai estimated: "Six cans of beer and three full glasses of red wine."
Slightly surprised, Xu Youjing asked again: "That day..."
"I drank about eleven or twelve cans that day, I don't remember exactly." Wen Huai laughed, "I was just drinking to drown my sorrows."
Just as I was about to say something, Xu Youjing's phone rang.
After glancing at the notes, his expression calmed down. He answered the phone without avoiding them, said "OK" and hung up, then asked Wen Huai: "I have a meeting. Do you want to eat with them first?"
She nodded.
Before Xu Youjing stood up, he pushed his untouched glass of wine in front of her, "Two bottles at most, okay?"
She nodded.
From Xu Youjing's perspective, Wen Huai looked up at him seriously. His clear eyes reflected only his own figure.
This feeling was like his favorite brooch placed on the first shelf of his cupboard. He always wore it when he left, but this time, for some reason, he had to leave it behind.
There are two unreliable ones on the other side.
He wanted to say something, but was afraid she would feel restricted. So, Xu Youjing raised his hand and gently touched the top of her head.
"good."
He walked away, his figure disappearing at the elevator entrance. Wen Huai held the glass of wine, feeling drunk before he even drank it.
"sister in law?"
She looked at Nandi, "What's wrong?"
"Do you know him?" Nandy was so drunk that he was unconscious and staggering.
Xi Guan supported him with disdain and completed his words for him: "He said his ex-girlfriend was called Lu Miaomiao, and asked if you knew her, sister-in-law?"
Wen Huai frowned: "Which 'Lu' and which 'Miao'?"
Nandi quickly responded: "The 'Lu' in mainland China is a very great 'Miao'!"
Xi Guan laughed angrily: "You are sick, how can you be so great as to be insignificant?"
He was about to explain to Wen Huai, but he saw that her expression was different.
-"My name is Wen Huai, what's your name?"
- "My name is Lu Miaomiao! 'Lu' is the 'Lu' of mainland China, and 'Miao' is a very great 'Miao'!"
- "How can there be any 'smallness' in such a great thing?"
-"So what? Do I really have to say the tiny 'miao'? I don't want that! I want the very great 'miao'!"
Childhood memories flooded back into his mind, and Wen Huai stared at the drunk man in front of him with his eyes wide in disbelief.
She knew that Lu Miaomiao had a boyfriend for many years, but they went to different universities, so she had never seen what he looked like. She only knew that she called him "little brother."
So it’s “Little Didi”?
When Lu Miaomiao talked about him later, she was full of regret.
She often said that if their families were a good match, they might be able to get a marriage certificate from the Civil Affairs Bureau. Although the end of each marriage was the same, she was willing to give it a try, simply because the person she was with was him.
But there is no such thing as if.
After they broke up, Lu Miaomiao devoted herself to her career and hadn't been in love again for several years. She didn't mention it, and Wen Huai didn't ask.
Who doesn't have someone they don't want to be mentioned?
But she didn't expect that this person would be Nandi.
She asked, "Do you still like her?"
Nandi almost lay down, but raised his head again after hearing this: "I don't like it."
Wen Huai's face turned bad: "Then ask her——" Why.
"I love her."
“…”
Wen Huai drank the beer in the glass in one gulp, and when he put the glass down, the table shook.
She frowned and asked him, "How long have you two been apart?"
"Three years."
"Three years, haven't you ever thought about getting back together with her?"
"I looked for her, but she didn't want to."
"Why not?"
"I have no idea."
Wen Huai opened his lips, then closed them and opened a bottle of beer.
Lu Miaomiao had come to Beicheng to visit her once after their breakup. She could still vividly remember how hard she had cried that day. She pulled Wen Huai aside and talked about everything between them, from dusk till dawn.
She spent the entire weekend in a daze, and when Monday came, she returned to normal, as if it wasn't her who was drunk.
From then on, Wen Huai never heard his name from her mouth again.
Although she didn't know why the two broke up, she vaguely guessed that it was probably because of their family background or the obstruction of the boy's parents.
Judging from Nandy's expression, he probably didn't know this, or maybe she guessed wrong.
But no matter what, Wen Huai didn't intend to say anything more.
Nandi seemed to be more lucid. She held Wen Huai's wrist as he drank, as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw: "You went to the same school in junior high and high school. Do you know her?"
She swallowed the bitter drink and shook her head: "Sorry."
The force on his wrist loosened, Nandy's hopes vanished, and he poured himself a drink.
On the other hand, Wen Huai was also drinking silently with a serious expression.
Seeing that she was about to drink the third can, Xi Guan, who was sober, reminded her: "Sister-in-law, this is already your third can."
"It's okay, I won't get drunk."
He tried to divert her attention, "Sister-in-law, I just bought a bar recently. I see you like drinking. Invite your friends to my place someday, and I'll clear the place for you."
Wen Huai thanked him and put the can to his lips without hesitation.
Xi Guan: “…”
After checking the time, he could only reach for Nandi's wine glass: "Stop drinking, it's so late, we should leave."
Nandi refused to give it to him, and the two started arguing. Wen Huai took out his phone and wanted to send a message to Lu Miaomiao, but he didn't know what to send, so he could only lock the screen.
Over there, Xi Guan finally snatched Nan Di's wine glass, took him up and said goodbye to Wen Huai.
"Sister-in-law, Nandi is drunk so we won't bother him."
Wen Huai was not drunk yet, so he stood up and saw them off.
Xi Guan originally thought she was just showing off when she said she wasn't drunk, but when he saw her steady steps and no sign of intoxication, he felt relieved. Before leaving, he still warned her, "Don't drink anymore, sister-in-law. I've embarrassed you today. Nandi isn't usually like this. She lost her composure when she heard you were also from North City Affiliated High School. I'm very sorry."
Wen Huai forced a smile: "It's okay."
After the two of them left, Wen Huai was the only one left in the huge restaurant.
She walked to the table and sat down. Everything in front of her eyes was a little double, but fortunately she was still conscious and remembered Xu Youjing's instructions, so she didn't drink too much.
Picking up the chopsticks, I ate the cold hot pot alone.
-
Xu Youjing left the meeting early half an hour later.
He came down from upstairs and went straight to the restaurant, ignoring Wen Huai who was curled up on the sofa.
I found the restaurant empty, so I turned around to look for it. That’s when I saw Xi Guan’s message from forty minutes ago:
"Brother Jing, Nandi is drunk, so we're leaving first. Sister-in-law has been drinking, so don't leave her alone down there for too long."
Putting down his phone, he saw the person curled up on the sofa.
I walked over quickly and found that Wen Huai had his eyes closed, but he was sleeping very uneasily, with his brows furrowed and Liu Sui, the pillow, tightly clutched in his hand.
Xu Youjing squatted down and patted her shoulder, "Wen Huai?"
No response.
So he reached out and grabbed her wrist, trying to remove the pillow from his hand, but she was holding it too tightly.
Helplessly, he could only bend over, pick her up with the pillow and walk upstairs.
Along the way, Wen Huai was quiet and drank very well.
That's quite good.
But her face was pressed against his chest, the warmth burning through the thin sweatshirt, making it impossible for him to ignore the person in his arms.
Despite this, Xu Youjing still carried her steadily up the three flights of stairs, opened the door, and placed her safely on the bed.
After pulling up the quilt, he wanted to go downstairs to call Aunt Ping to come and wash her body. As soon as he stood up, the sleeping person opened his eyes.
Wen Huai slept very poorly.
She dreamed of many bad things that were about to be forgotten, until she dreamed of Xu Youjing.
I dreamed that he was leaving.
So I was awakened and opened my eyes.
Xu Youjing was leaving as expected.
She discovered it.
She smiled, but her heavy eyelids prevented her from seeing his expression.
Thinking he was angry, Wen Huai took the initiative to reveal his shortcomings: "I only drank three cans."
Xu Youjing didn't hear clearly, so he leaned forward again: "What did you say?"
Clear, real, and different from any sound in a dream.
Wen Huai opened his eyes again and met those deep pupils.
He was so close to her.
Her mouth was dry, and she swallowed. Xu Youjing thought she was talking again, so he lowered his body and moved closer.
"Would you like some water?"
She shook her head, but stared at him.
Xu Youjing didn't quite understand and frowned, but his voice was gentle: "What do you want?"
What do you want...
Wen Huai lowered his gaze and stared at those thin lips, and a bold idea that had been buried for a long time came to light.
The green vines that grew in an instant wrapped around her mind like a building, nourishing her courage to grow bigger and bigger.
until.
Wen Huai reached out and grabbed his collar, pulling hard.
She tilted her head back and pressed her lips against his.
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